Robotic bending cell features built-in adaptive bending system
The Fabricator
APRIL 5, 2024
nv has introduced the Easy-Cell 80/25 robotic bending cell for automated bending of a variety of parts.
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Bending large radii on the press brake
The Fabricator
FEBRUARY 10, 2024
Press brake expert Steve Benson answers questions about bending large radii and the effects changing the material has on the bend angle, radius, and flat pattern development.
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Microwave cable bends right at the connector
Design World
MARCH 28, 2023
IB-141 is ideal for both inside-the-box and between-box connections in applications including space flight, […] The post Microwave cable bends right at the connector appeared first on Design World.
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Achieving sharp bends in aluminum with the right tooling
The Fabricator
MARCH 10, 2023
Fabricating aluminum brings with it a few challenges unique to bending and forming—getting sharp bends without cracking, reducing or eliminating galling, and preventing marking. Three press brake bending experts offer their assistance.
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Predicting the radius without test bending on the press brake
The Fabricator
JANUARY 25, 2024
Data based on empirical evidence—test bends—can help most bending departments in a metal fabrication shop. The 20% rule can estimate the air-formed radius that a press brake operator is likely to achieve, yet it remains imperfect.
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Prevent edge cracking in sheet metal bending
The Fabricator
JUNE 17, 2023
Why do metal fabricators get edge cracking near a bend on metal parts? Hardness variation from a cut’s heat-affected zone might be to blame.
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Weighing all the tube bending machine options
The Fabricator
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023
When considering upgrades, repairs, or new tube bending machines, look beyond a machine’s technical capabilities to your business as a whole.
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Fast Automated Bending Solution for Tall, Thick Parts
Fabricating & Metal Work
FEBRUARY 11, 2023
The TruBend Center 7020 allows users to harness the benefits of panel bending for complex geometries. Source: TRUMPF) High-tech company TRUMPF will be unveiling a new fully automatic panel bending machine for the North American market. inches in stainless steel, extending over the entire bending length. “No feet by 19.7
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Boosting bottom-bending accuracy on the press brake with these tips
The Fabricator
MAY 25, 2023
When bottom bending on a press brake, the punch tip determines the radius and the die angle determines your bend angle. Sounds simple, yet the variables still abound for metal fabrication shops.
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The virtues of bend simulation for press brakes and helping a shop's downstream
The Fabricator
MAY 16, 2023
If bending is a mess in a sheet metal fabrication shop, so is virtually everything else. That’s why simulating bending jobs before they reach the press brake and the rest of the shop floor makes so much sense.
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Precise Press Brakes Achieve Perfect Bends
Fabricating & Metal Work
JANUARY 17, 2023
And automation enables decreases in production time, supports a variety of bends, and the efficient production of high-mix, low-volume parts. This innovative electric press brake greatly reduces power consumption while providing automated tool setup, repeatable bending accuracy, and eliminating gauging errors and part locating fixtures.
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Unison to deliver Breeze CNC tube bending machine to Sharpe Products
The Fabricator
JULY 21, 2023
based Unison Tube LLC has received an order from Sharpe Products, a provider of custom tube and pipe bending and laser tube cutting, for an all-electric Unison Breeze CNC tube bending machine.
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The big job of bending big metal on a 2,000-ton press brake
The Fabricator
MARCH 15, 2023
discuss what needs to happen to make the right bend on a 2,000-ton brake. It has even bigger bending plans in store this summer when it gets its new 4,400-ton brake up and running. A plant manager and a press brake operator at Merrill Technologies Group, Alma, Mich.,
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Tube breakage? Bend tooling may not be the problem
The Fabricator
JULY 29, 2023
A metal fabricator couldn’t figure out why it couldn’t produce good parts on its tube bending machine. The solution actually came down to simple math.
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Press brake controllers and the bend deduction of sheet metal
The Fabricator
JANUARY 18, 2023
finds a discrepancy in how his press brake controller performs its bend calculations on certain sheet metal thickness. A reader from the U.K.
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The humanity behind precision sheet metal bending
The Fabricator
DECEMBER 23, 2023
Steve Benson strays from his usual prose to dive into the humanity behind precision sheet metal bending and why Murphy's Law applies.
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Bringing bending ideas to life
Manufacturer's Monthly
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Dr Matt Dingle, FormFlow founder, began to explain the Australian company’s bending technology for corrugated steel by relating it to origami. The same theory applies to make this bend work,” he said. “By FormFlow uses its bending technology for its modular living spaces. FormFlow Living’s modular construction.
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Strategies for bending aluminum 6061-T6
The Fabricator
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Aluminum 6061-T6 is notoriously difficult to bend, but skilled press brake operators can tackle the challenges with various strategies, including torch annealing.
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Bump bending and air forming sheet metal on the press brake
The Fabricator
APRIL 20, 2023
Press brake guru Steve Benson answers questions about air forming and bump bending, including the many variables involved in each application.
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Making the most of tube bending automation in a metal fabrication shop
The Fabricator
MAY 9, 2023
Keeping up with ever-evolving automotive industry requirements has prompted fischer group to expand its automation capabilities with a series of tube bending cells from the same manufacturer in many company facilities.
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Perfecting the cut-bend cycle in sheet metal fabrication
The Fabricator
AUGUST 24, 2022
In a typical fab shop, parts spend the vast majority of their time not in cutting or bending, but sitting as work-in-process inventory. Machine, software, and interlinked technologies aim to change that.
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The humanity behind precision sheet metal bending
The Fabricator
DECEMBER 23, 2023
Steve Benson strays from his usual prose to dive into the humanity behind precision sheet metal bending and why Murphy's Law applies.
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Wargo Named New Bending Product Manager for TRUMPF
Fabricating & Metal Work
JULY 13, 2023
In his new role, Wargo will oversee the day-to-day activities of the in-house sales engineers and applications team supporting TRUMPF’s bending machines. The post Wargo Named New Bending Product Manager for TRUMPF appeared first on Fabricating and Metalworking. Franziska Maschowski, as TRUMPF Inc. Executive Vice President Burke Doar.
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Vander-Bend Mfg. and subsidiaries become Vantedge Medical
The Fabricator
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Vander-Bend Mfg. San Jose, Calif., and its subsidiaries TMK Mfg., JL Haley, Swiss Precision Machining, and Omni Components, have announced a strategic transformation to become Vantedge Medical.
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What one Texas metal fabricator learned about having a robotic bending cell
The Fabricator
AUGUST 11, 2022
Garland, Texas metal fabrication shop TPI turned to a SafanDarley Mini Cell robotic press brake to stay on top of its bending jobs. The automation investment was a big step in the company’s growth.
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How to heat aluminum to avoid cracking after bending
The Fabricator
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
High-temper aluminum can crack during bending, so press brake operators might need to anneal it. Aluminum doesn’t change color when heated. If a metal fabrication shop doesn’t have a temperature gun, watch the soot.
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Getting back to air forming and bending basics on the press brake
The Fabricator
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Misconceptions about how air bending forms the radius still permeate the sheet metal industry. Yes, the punch radius does affect the process on the press brake, but it does not dictate the radius.
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Corporate Profile: Carell Corporation & Eagle Bending Machines
Fabricating & Metal Work
MARCH 23, 2023
Roll bending is one of the most complex metal fabrication processes. Today, many bending machines have CNCs with data tables that draw from decades of rolling experience, making the process much more predictable. Changing just one variable directly affects numerous others.
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More than just bending tube
Manufacturer's Monthly
APRIL 3, 2023
The post More than just bending tube appeared first on Manufacturers' Monthly. Additionally, an electrical upgrade was underway so the possibility of cable trays had to be factored into CRAM’s system design. To read the full article, please click here.
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Diagnose fault codes on a digital servo drive for CNC tube bending
The Fabricator
OCTOBER 4, 2022
When a digital servo drive kept showing carriage and overcurrent faults in CNC tube bending, technicians carefully followed the breadcrumbs to the source of the problem.
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New Bending Machine is Powerful, Automated and Sustainable
Fabricating & Metal Work
JULY 19, 2023
The new TruBend 8000 generation of machines from TRUMPF is particularly well-suited for bending large components or high sheet thicknesses (image: TRUMPF). The press brake is available with numerous optional extras designed to facilitate the bending of heavy parts. Station bending is another option available with the TruBend 8000.
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Automating a shop's tube bending operation cost-effectively
The Fabricator
JANUARY 14, 2023
What automatic material loading options are best for a tube bending operation depends on the nature of a metal fabrication shop and customers’ needs.
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Davi Highlights Angle Bending Technology at NASCC: The Steel Conference 2024
Fabricating & Metal Work
MARCH 25, 2024
Davi, the world’s largest manufacturer of plate rolls, angle rolls and customized rolling machines, will bring its five decades of metal rolling and bending experience and expertise to NASCC: The Steel Conference, March 20 – 22, in San Antonio, Texas. The Davi technical team will be on hand at booth 1146 in the Henry B. visit their website.
Laminate tooling, depression grooving, and more about bending sheet metal
The Fabricator
MARCH 21, 2023
Bending guru Steve Benson answers questions about laminate press brake tooling, 6061-T6 aluminum, and radius formation in air bending sheet metal.
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Panel bending upgrades aid metal fabricators with labor shortages
The Fabricator
JANUARY 12, 2023
Panel benders were developed to reduce labor requirements by simplifying bending. Upgrades in the technology expand the types of components that can be bent, automate material handling, and improve consistency.
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Yield, tensile, and bending small metal parts on the press brake
The Fabricator
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Steve Benson answers questions about sheet metal forming terminology, including yield strength and ultimate tensile strength, and describes the creativity behind bending very small parts.
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Tolerances in Tube Bending
Fabricating & Metal Work
APRIL 19, 2023
For example, the industry standard for bend angles is +/- one degree. The post Tolerances in Tube Bending appeared first on Fabricating and Metalworking. Before an engineering print is finalized and signed off on, numerous tests are done to determine allowable deviations. Our internal or company standard is +/- 0.5
Modular, automatic bending cell adapts to sheet metal fabricators’ needs
The Fabricator
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Bystronic has enhanced the Xpert Pro press brake to create a fully automatic bending cell that offers efficiency and flexibility for small and large manufacturing companies.
Minnesota metal fabricator looks around the bend with part automation
The Fabricator
DECEMBER 10, 2022
is hoping to continue to grow with its factory of the future in Lakeville, Minn, with new automated punch, shear, and panel bending line Dalsin Industries, Bloomington, Minn.,
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New Eco-Conscious Bending and Blanking Solutions From AMADA
Fabricating & Metal Work
MARCH 23, 2023
These production-enhancing features ensure high-speed bending and repeatable accuracy even if an operator lacks experience. An integrated HMI control tablet is positioned above the tooling bed to provide convenient access to bending data, thereby maximizing efficiency and productivity. www.amada.co.jp/en/sustainability
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LVD’s D-Cell delivers automated robotic bending in compact space
The Fabricator
MAY 15, 2023
LVD has introduced the D-Cell robotic bending cell. The system combines a 50-ton hydraulic press brake with programming software and a KUKA industrial robot.
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Bending tubes accurately, every time and in less time
The Fabricator
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Using Hexagon inspection and scanning equipment has helped Sharpe Products improve its tube bending operations by increasing the speed and documentation of inspections.
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VGPNext software from BLM GROUP simplifies programming for tube bending
The Fabricator
MAY 24, 2023
BLM GROUP USA has introduced VGPNext CAD/CAM programming software for its tube bending and wire bending machines.
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Automate your tube bending operation cost-effectively
The Fabricator
JANUARY 14, 2023
What automatic material loading options are best for your tube bending operation depends on the nature of your shop and your customers’ needs.
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